LABUAN: The 5.7km-long bumper-to-bumper traffic\u00a0from Jalan Pohon Batu towards the town centre here is set to\u00a0be a thing of the past, thanks to the completion of the RM125 million coastal road project.
\nThe 5.1km coastal road project from Kerupang to Membedai was opened\u00a0today (Feb 1) following its\u00a0gazettement at the end of January.
\nLabuan Public Works Department (JKR)\u00a0director Ir Suhaizad Sulaiman said the road would improve Labuan\u2019s connectivity, as well as\u00a0ease traffic congestion along Jalan Pohon Batu and Jalan Tun Mustapha to the town centre.
\nSuhaizad said the project, which commenced on Dec 19, 2017, under the 11th Malaysia Plan, would benefit at least 35 per cent of road users on the duty-free island, such as those in Kg Tanjung Aru, Nagalang and Kerupang 1, 2 and 3.
\n\u201cThe bumper-to-bumper traffic of over 5km has frustrated drivers using the\u00a0Jalan Pohon Batu and Jalan Tun Mustapha routes to the town centre.
\n\u201cThere had been talks about some parents\u00a0not being able to make it to the office on time, and often sent\u00a0their school-going children late to school and kindergartens due to the heavy traffic congestion in the early morning, and now that the project\u00a0is completed, we hope it will be a great help to them,\u201d he told Bernama today.
\nSuhaizad said the government understood that the traffic congestion was only likely to get worse as the growing population\u00a0and rising income\u00a0pushed the already-straining transport networks to the limit.
\nA civil servant, Ramlen Salleh, 50 said the project\u2019s completion showed the\u00a0government\u2019s commitment\u00a0to resolving the traffic congestion issue that had worsened\u00a0over the past 15 years.
\n\u201cMotorists have been enduring 5km traffic jams for many years, especially during rush hours in the morning and around 5 pm to 6 pm..we must thank the PWD\u2019s officials for expediting the completion of the project,\u201d he said.
\nAnother motorist, Jainudin Djimin, 60, said: The roads here suffer from jams in the evening, and it is worse when it rains. The existing traffic after work hours is a great concern to all of us, so thank you to the government for the improvement of roads in Labuan.
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